Subject: One less canada goose in this world
Date: Jan 26 21:42:13 2004
From: Dennis Rockwell - denrockwell at surfbest.net


Re: Hybrid GullsI drove out through the Horse Heaven Hills south of Finley and Kennewick yesterday to see if I could find a Snow Bunting or Lapland Longspur hanging with the Horned Larks. No luck on that, but when I reached the top of Nine Canyon I spotted a pair of Common Ravens (about a half mile off) working on something laying in the snow covered wheat stubble. Scope work revealed that they were snacking on a coyote. Really to far from the road to likely be the work of a local rifle packing Nimrod - more likely old age or starvation claimed it. It's a raven eats coyote eats goose work out there.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA denrockwell at surfbest.net

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Sandelin
To: Tweeters
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:28 PM
Subject: One less canada goose in this world


In the business park where the school I teach at is located are several undeveloped lots. One of these regularly has a group of grazing Canada geese. This morning there were 37, which is pretty much the usual count. This afternoon on the way home, the geese were in an odd place across the street, and very active and flighty. I stopped the car and then out of intuition more than reason looked over towards the grassy area they usually graze in. There was an odd gray lumpy thing there, and when I got my car binos (a well used old set I keep always in my car) the gray lump turned into a coyote, who was eating a Canada goose! When it raised its head to look around, its chops were bloody. I watched about as much as I could take, there is something both fascinating and at the same time deeply repulsive about intestines, so when it got to those, I left the coyote to its dinner.
Rob Sandelin
South Snohomish County at the headwaters of Ricci Creek
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